密歇根新闻广播 全美汽车工人联合会旨在抹平工资差距

The United Auto¹ Workers is taking a big step this week to prepare for upcoming contract talks with automakers. Hundreds of delegates from more than 800 locals are meeting with top union leaders at Cobo Center for the UAW Special Convention on Collective Bargaining.

Reporter Brent Snavely is covering the convention for the Detroit Free Press.

"As we expected, really, the number one thing on the agenda of many delegates today is the idea that they would like the leadership of the UAW to push for the elimination² of the second-tier wage, or the entry-level wage, that automakers have," Snavely says.

But this gap isn't the only problem, and Snavely says executive compensation has been on the minds of many as well.

While the UAW wants wage increases, automakers will be arguing against it, citing the already lower pay of international competitors with plants in the U.S.

"The automakers do not want to return to those days of irresponsible contracts that led to as much as a $30 gap between the labor³ cost of the Detroit automakers and their Asian rivals in the U.S.," Snavely says.

"I don't think there's a right or wrong here. I understand where the UAW is coming from and I completely understand where the management of the companies are coming from and where they wind up, probably somewhere in the middle, is always a really fascinating dance to watch how it plays out," Snavely says. 

1 auto   

n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车

参考例句：

• Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
• The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。

2 elimination   

n.排除，消除，消灭

参考例句：

• Their elimination from the competition was a great surprise.他们在比赛中遭到淘汰是个很大的意外。
• I was eliminated from the 400 metres in the semi-finals.我在400米半决赛中被淘汰。

3 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。